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Quetzalichthys

Ionoscopidae

Taxonomy
Quetzalichthys was named by Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (2008). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Quetzalichthys perrilliatae.

It was assigned to Ionoscopidae by Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (2008) and Cantalice et al. (2019).

Species
Q. perrilliatae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Quetzalichthys Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena
2019Quetzalichthys Cantalice et al. p. 433

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
familyIonoscopidaeLehman 1966
genusQuetzalichthys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Quetzalichthys Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008
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†Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Q. perrilliatae (133991 134809)